City Council

14. CITY COUNCIL OPTIONS FOR QUALIFIED REFERENDUM FOR LAGUNA\nBEACH ORDINANCE NO. 1675, RELATING TO BUILDING HEIGHT, MASS,\nBULK AND PARKING WITHIN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS\nRecommendation: Provide direction, per Elections Code section 9241, to do one of the\nfollowing:\n(1) Direct staff to return with an ordinance, and take all steps necessary, to repeal\nOrdinance No. 1675, an Ordinance of the City of Laguna Beach, California,\namending Laguna Beach Municipal Code Sections 25.05.040, 25.05.025 and\n25.51.010, relating to Building Height, Mass, Bulk and Parking within the\nCommercial Districts, and find that the repeal is exempt from CEQA pursuant to\nState CEQA Guidelines section 15270(a); or\n(2) Direct staff to return with the requisite election resolutions, and take all steps\nnecessary, to submit Ordinance No. 1675 to the voters at the November 5, 2024,\nregular municipal election, and find that this action is not a project subject to\nCEQA under State CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(3).